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Courts Asked to Compel Government Action on Climate Change

Greenbuilding Law

State of Montana , against their state government. Of note, there are state constitution based climate change lawsuits against state governments pending in early stages of pleading in Hawaii , Utah , and Virginia. What would the impact be when the conservative Montana legislative branch sides with the executive branch?

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Greenberg Traurig Earns 51 Environmental Recognitions in 2024 Edition of Best Lawyers

E2 Law Blog

Tieslau – Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Natural Resources Law, Denver Christopher R. Barsh – Environmental Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, Litigation – Environmental, Litigation – Land Use and Zoning Law, Natural Resources Law, Miami Christopher L. Bosworth – Healthcare Law, Albany Kerri L.

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41 Greenberg Traurig Environmental Practice Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2022 Edition

E2 Law Blog

Milton , Real Estate Law, Boston. Eid , Environmental Law, Native American Law, and Natural Resources Law, Denver. Hall , Environmental Law, Government Relations Practice, Land Use and Zoning Law, Fort Lauderdale. Iris Escarra , Land Use and Zoning Law and Real Estate Law, Miami. Best Lawyers”.

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GT’s Environmental Practice Recognized in 2023 Chambers USA Guide

E2 Law Blog

DeTore Massachusetts Energy & Natural Resources Dominic E. Dwyer Florida Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations Troy A. Eid USA – Nationwide Native American Law Iris Escarra Florida: South Real Estate: Zoning/ Land Use David G. Draye Arizona Litigation: Appellate Brian L.

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Latest Version of Louisiana Property Protection Bill Grants an Exception to Oil and Gas Investment By Companies Controlled By Countries Deemed a “Foreign Adversary”

The Energy Law Blog

Additionally, concerns about a potential “chilling effect” on the state’s real estate industry have been raised, along with likely complications associated with the task of identifying whether every entity buying or leasing property in the state is sufficiently tied to an adversarial government to fall under the purview of this bill.

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Missing the Forest For the Trees: First District Reverses Trial Court, Upholds Project Description And Impact Analysis In Regents’ EIR For Vegetation Removal Projects To Reduce Wildfire Risk At UC Berkeley Hills Campus

CEQA Developments

Where a project, like the Regents’, “is subject to variable future conditions – for example, unusual rainy weather, tree growth, impact of pests and diseases, changing natural resources, etc. – 5th 576, 580.) Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for more than fifty years.

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Second District Confirms Parking Is (Still) Not A CEQA Impact, Reverses Judgment That Found EIR For San Gabriel Mountains Wilderness Recreation And Preservation Project Deficient For Not Sufficiently Analyzing “Impact” Of Reducing Recreational Parking

CEQA Developments

Based on the nature of the wilderness area improvement project before it, the Court held “the parking reduction here may have an adverse social impact for those who must recreate elsewhere, but it will prevent further adverse physical impacts on the environment.”. 2008) 43 Cal.4th 4th 1143, 1163, citing CEQA Guidelines, §§ 15126.6(a),

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